Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-17 Thread Nick Dokos
Nicolas Goaziou n.goaz...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: Yes, you can indeed - except for the [-] which is hardcoded. Try the following: #LATEX_HEADER: \setbox0=\hbox{\large$\square$} #+BIND: org-export-latex-list-parameters (:cbon

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-17 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: Yes, you can indeed - except for the [-] which is hardcoded. Try the following: #LATEX_HEADER: \setbox0=\hbox{\large$\square$} #+BIND: org-export-latex-list-parameters (:cbon [{\\parbox[][][c]{\\wd0}{\\large$\\boxtimes$}}] :cboff

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-17 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: Btw, is there any consensus on better default values for :cbon, :cboff and :cbtrans? Configurability isn't an excuse for ugly standards. I don't think so - not yet in any case. I didn't even know about the box stuff until Skip brought it up. I would

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-17 Thread Nick Dokos
Nicolas Goaziou n.goaz...@gmail.com wrote: Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: Btw, is there any consensus on better default values for :cbon, :cboff and :cbtrans? Configurability isn't an excuse for ugly standards. I don't think so - not yet in any case. I didn't even know

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-17 Thread Skip Collins
Then, what about setting :cbtrans to \\texttt{[-]} and `org-export-latex-list-parameters' to nil, instead of $\\boxminus$ and '(:cbon $\\boxtimes$ :cboff $\\Box$), respectively? I'm fine with that - Skip? Tom? Others? If this does end up being the case, then Skip's \parbox method can be

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-17 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: Nicolas Goaziou n.goaz...@gmail.com wrote: Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: Btw, is there any consensus on better default values for :cbon, :cboff and :cbtrans? Configurability isn't an excuse for ugly standards. I don't think so -

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-17 Thread Nick Dokos
Skip Collins skip.coll...@gmail.com wrote: Then, what about setting :cbtrans to \\texttt{[-]} and `org-export-latex-list-parameters' to nil, instead of $\\boxminus$ and '(:cbon $\\boxtimes$ :cboff $\\Box$), respectively? I'm fine with that - Skip? Tom? Others? If this does end up

[O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-16 Thread Skip Collins
There is a couple of problems with the way checkboxes are typeset in LaTeX. - [ ] a - [X] b - [-] c is translated to the LaTeX \begin{itemize} \item $\Box$ a \item $\boxtimes$ b \item $\boxminus$ c \end{itemize} The first problem is that \Box is not the same size as \boxtimes or \boxminus .

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-16 Thread Nick Dokos
Skip Collins skip.coll...@gmail.com wrote: There is a couple of problems with the way checkboxes are typeset in LaTeX. - [ ] a - [X] b - [-] c is translated to the LaTeX \begin{itemize} \item $\Box$ a \item $\boxtimes$ b \item $\boxminus$ c \end{itemize} The first problem is

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-16 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Skip Collins skip.coll...@gmail.com writes: There is a couple of problems with the way checkboxes are typeset in LaTeX. - [ ] a - [X] b - [-] c is translated to the LaTeX \begin{itemize} \item $\Box$ a \item $\boxtimes$ b \item $\boxminus$ c \end{itemize} The first problem is that

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-16 Thread Nick Dokos
Thomas S. Dye t...@tsdye.com wrote: Skip Collins skip.coll...@gmail.com writes: There is a couple of problems with the way checkboxes are typeset in LaTeX. - [ ] a - [X] b - [-] c is translated to the LaTeX \begin{itemize} \item $\Box$ a \item $\boxtimes$ b \item

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-16 Thread Skip Collins
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: I like it! Well, almost all of it: I'd vote for \large, rather than \LARGE, but otherwise it looks good to me. Can we compromise on \Large ? :-) , | \item [{\parbox[][][c]{\wd0}{\LARGE$\square$}}] a ` I tried

Re: [O] latex checkboxes

2011-06-16 Thread Nick Dokos
Skip Collins skip.coll...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: I like it! Well, almost all of it: I'd vote for \large, rather than \LARGE, but otherwise it looks good to me. Can we compromise on \Large ? :-) As Tom Dye pointed out,